Eizo Tanaka

Eizo Tanaka

Tanaka initially trained as a stage actor in the shingeki movement under Kaoru Osanai, but eventually joined the Nikkatsu film studio in 1917. He debuted as a director in 1918 but mostly had to work with shinpa stories, not the shingeki techniques he was used to although two early films, The Living Corpse (Ikeru shikabane) and The Cherry Orchard (Sakura no sono) were based on Tolstoy and Chekhov respectively.[3] Working in parallel with the Pure Film Movement, Tanaka made two films, Kyōya eirimise (1922) and Dokuro no mai (1923), based on his own screenplays, that were highly praised for their cinematic technique.[1] He remained a rather conservative filmmaker and still used oyama (male actors) in female roles, including in his masterpiece Kyōya eirimise, a melodrama about a merchant's destructive love for a geisha. He used actresses for the first time in Dokuro no mai, a story of a monk reminiscing about his youth and early loves.

  • Title : Eizo Tanaka
  • Popularity : 0.622
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1886-11-03
  • Place of Birth : Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
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  • 1953
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    The Wild Geese

    The Wild Geese

    6.3 1953 HD

    A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.

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  • 1949
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    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    7.505 1949 HD

    A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

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    The Blue Mountains: Part I

    The Blue Mountains: Part I

    6.3 1949 HD

    Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young...

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  • 1950
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    Street of Violence

    Street of Violence

    6.5 1950 HD

    An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

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    Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again

    6.333 1950 HD

    Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

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    Tower of Lilies

    Tower of Lilies

    6.8 1953 HD

    A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...

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  • 1949
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    A Woman's Life

    A Woman's Life

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1927
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    Five Women Around Him

    Five Women Around Him

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1921
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    Before the Morning Sun Shines

    Before the Morning Sun Shines

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Woman in the Stream

    Woman in the Stream

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Scent of the White Lily

    Scent of the White Lily

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1922
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    The Lapel Shop

    The Lapel Shop

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1923
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    Skull Dance

    Skull Dance

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1926
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    A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring

    A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1923
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    Skull Dance

    Skull Dance

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1927
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    Five Women Around Him

    Five Women Around Him

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Living Corpse

    The Living Corpse

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1922
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    The Lapel Shop

    The Lapel Shop

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1918
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    Akatsuki

    Akatsuki

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1932
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    Namiko

    Namiko

    1 1932 HD

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